Vernon-Verona-Sherrill boys bowling wins rematch with Camden

CAMDEN -- The first time Vernon-Verona-Sherrill's boys bowling team faced Camden the Red Devils needed a huge comeback to emerge victorious by a 7-4 score. Thanks to a great start and finish in Friday's rematch at Liberty Lanes, the visitors won again, this time 6-5.

Coach Dave Hyle's Red Devils took two of the three points in the first game and seized a 164-pin lead. Nathan Desnoyer's 225 was highlighted by five strikes in the last three frames to spark the win in doubles with Brad Long. Jeremy Howard had seven strikes in a row toward the end of his game for a 231 and Dylan Shlotzhauer did the same in rolling a 229 to key a huge win in 5-man.

Joe Clarke was very steady rolling a 200 in singles to give the hosts their point in the opener but VVS' Brendan Thomas was even more so in their battle in the second and won easily with a 230. That proved key for the Red Devils as A.J. Welch's 217 sparked a close win in doubles and Cameron Drake's 230 led the 5-man team to a win.

Despite being tied 3-3 heading into the third game, VVS (10-1) had the edge with a 147-point lead in total pinfall.

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Clarke won a great duel with Thomas 220-214 and Andrew Bourgeois and A.J. Welch picked up an eight-point win in doubles to put Camden (6-4) on the verge of victory in the third game. But VVS' 5-man team saved its best for last, with Brendan Boice rolling a 274 and Jeremy Howard capping the match's best effort with a 224 for a 654 series.

Boice's final game was almost 40 pins better than his previous best for the school team.

"I was just throwing the ball," Boice said.

As was his team, especially when compared to a sub-par effort at the Oswego tourney on Monday.

"We had to work on some basics," Hyle said. "It takes eight guys to win a match for us this year. It was a great team effort."

Camden coach Al Rose agreed.

"We were pretty consistent," Rose said. "They just threw some big games at us."